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Shred Sledz Weekend Grab Bag

Single Fin Sunday: Natural Progression, David Nuuhiwa and More

Greetings, Shredderz! Welcome to a special Father’s Day edition of the Weekend Grab Bag. Per the usual rules and regulations, the Grab Bag features boards that are all currently for sale as of the time of publishing. I hope all of you out there are spending some quality time with family, with enough…

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Sam Hawk Single Fin

Greetings, Shredderz! If you’ve been reading the blog or following on Instagram you may know that I have a thing for unusual surfboard labels and rare laminates. Today we’ve got an example of a very cool Sam Hawk single fin with a logo I have never seen before. Shout out to Pete, who…

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Brewer Hawk Surfboards: Sam Hawk Single Fin

Greetings, Shredderz! Today we have a board that I wrote about earlier on Instagram, but I figured was worth a closer look. There are few shapers who can claim to have influenced modern surfboard design as much as Dick Brewer. During the Seventies, Dick Brewer had a number of proteges and collaborators, including Owl…

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Shred Sledz Weekend Grab Bag

Grab Bag: October’s Very Own

Greetings, Shredderz! Today we have another installment of the not-quite famous Grab Bag, where we highlight a selection of boards currently for sale on the internet. Act quick because some of these deals go fast. Rick Mid Length Hull (Craigslist – Ventura) Remarkably, this bad boy is only $350. I’m shocked that it…

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The Sultan in Hawaii: Terry Fitzgerald for Dick Brewer

How to describe the North Shore of Oahu, the famed strip of surf breaks that, at the start of every winter, becomes the beating heart of the entire surf world? Volcom dubbed the most famous piece of real estate in surfing “The Proving Grounds”, and while surfwear marketing is rarely inspired, this is…

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Dick Brewer Terry Fitzgerald

Shred Sledz Social Media Roundup (3/22)

Greetings, Shredderz! Here is the latest in vintage surfboard news from the far reaches of the interwebs, collected all in one place. View this post on Instagram Dick Brewer, Sam Hawk and Owl Chapman. 3 names that means so much to our surfing community. Just legends! A post shared by Vintage Surfboards (@luisrealcollection)…

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